''Aliceia simplicissima'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Zanzibar, Western Sumatra,
Indonesia and in the
Arafura Sea at depths of 356–470 m.
References
Thiele J., 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gustav Fischer, Berlin* Alexander Sysoev, Mollusca Gastropoda: New deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia; Alain CROSNIER & Philippe BOUCHET, (coordonné par). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 16. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist, nat., 172: 325–355. Paris .
External links
Biolib.cz : image
simplicissima
Gastropods described in 1925
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